Guest guest Posted January 3, 2003 Report Share Posted January 3, 2003 " Fri, 03 Jan 2003 00:44:08 -0000 " Penel Eynde LeGrand " " Re: Fwd: Milk Thistle Hi Frank, There's another herb for the liver that you might want to look into, bupleurum. Its used quite a bit in TCM. In TCM the energetic Liver (of which the physical liver is a part of) comes into play with the emotion of anger. I read somewhere that if one is the type to hold anger in, the bupleurum with give them the encouragement to express themself and if one is the type to express their anger too easily, bupleurum will show them it just doesn't matter. I take a Planetary Formulas preparation (Michael Tierra's company) called " Bupleurum Liver Cleanse " . It contains principaly bupleurum root, dandelion root extract and milk thistle seed extract plus quite a few other herbs. I've used it on and off for a couple years. More on if I notice myself leaning towards " going postal " (btw, it will be 30 years at the P.O. come this May so I know what " going postal " really means.) I've tried much the same formula from Chinese sources but I've read that there's alway the risk of pollution with herbal products produced in China. As for milk thistle, I buy milk thistle tea in bags and whenever I'm making a soup that will simmer a long time I drop in a couple bags. It hasn't much of a taste that it can compete with onions and carrots (read that as saying, as a drinking tea its rather boring) so what would I have too loose. btw, artichoke is in the thistle family (obvious by its leaves). Curiously, I can do milk thistle peacefully but artichoke in pill form is too powerful a detox for me and makes my face breakout. Penel Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You are posting as a guest. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.